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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two Menagerie girls do Nina and Inej abduct to get into the Ice Court?

2. What does Kaz do in the prison wagon?

3. Whose job is it to disable the gates at the Ice Court in Chapter 28?

4. In Chapter 25, whose gloves does Inej use to climb the wall?

5. How does Nina save Matthias from the shipwreck?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how does Kaz feel when he sees Inej and Jesper arm in arm?

2. Why is the climb in Part IV so difficult for Inej?

3. In Chapter 26, which prisoner does Kaz seek out in the Ice Court and why?

4. What does Jesper do to help Kaz help pick the locks in Chapter 23?

5. How did Kaz and Jordie lose all their savings?

6. In Chapter 16, what does Nina tell Inej about Kaz's behavior after Inej's injury?

7. Why is Bo Yul-Bayur so important?

8. What do Nina's toffees represent to Matthias in Chapter 19?

9. Why did Kaz and Jordie initially come to Ketterdam?

10. What is Jesper's secret ability?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Kaz decline to kill Pekka Rollins in the cell in the Ice Court, even though he easily could? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between the Ravkan attitudes towards sex and intimacy and the Fjerdan attitudes towards sex and intimacy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe Bardugo's use of humor - especially in dialogue - throughout the novel? What do you think Bardugo is trying to accomplish or communicate to the reader about her characters through her use of humor? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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